Black Hills Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Black Hills's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Black Hills Beneish M-Score Chart
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Black Hills Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Black Hills's Beneish M-Score
For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Black Hills's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Black Hills's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Black Hills's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Black Hills's Beneish M-Score falls into.
Black Hills Beneish M-Score Calculation
The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.
The M-Score Variables:
The M-score of Black Hills for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:
| M | = | -4.84 | + | 0.92 * DSRI | + | 0.528 * GMI | + | 0.404 * AQI | + | 0.892 * SGI | + | 0.115 * DEPI |
| = | -4.84 | + | 0.92 * 0.7677 | + | 0.528 * 0.8865 | + | 0.404 * 0.9574 | + | 0.892 * 0.9136 | + | 0.115 * 1.0224 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 1 | + | 4.679 * -0.070579 | - | 0.327 * 0.9452 |
| = | -3.16 |
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
| This Year (Dec23) TTM: | Last Year (Dec22) TTM: |
Total Receivables was $369 Mil.
Revenue was $2,331 Mil.
Gross Profit was $796 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $827 Mil.
Total Assets was $9,620 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $7,119 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $257 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,185 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,801 Mil.
Net Income was $262 Mil.
Gross Profit was $-3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $944 Mil.
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Total Receivables was $526 Mil.
Revenue was $2,552 Mil.
Gross Profit was $773 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,072 Mil.
Total Assets was $9,618 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $6,798 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $251 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,667 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,607 Mil.
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1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index
Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.
A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.
| DSRI | = | (Receivables_t / Revenue_t) | / | (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) |
| = | (368.8 / 2331.3) | / | (525.8 / 2551.8) |
| = | 0.158195 | / | 0.206051 |
| | = | 0.7677 |
2. GMI = Gross Margin Index
Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.
Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.
| GMI | = | GrossMargin_t-1 | / | GrossMargin_t |
| = | (GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) | / | (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t) |
| = | (772.8 / 2551.8) | / | (796.4 / 2331.3) |
| = | 0.302845 | / | 0.341612 |
| | = | 0.8865 |
3. AQI = Asset Quality Index
AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.
Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.
| AQI | = | (1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) | / | (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1) |
| = | (1 - (826.6 + 7119.3) / 9620.4) | / | (1 - (1071.7 + 6797.9) / 9618.2) |
| = | 0.174057 | / | 0.181801 |
| | = | 0.9574 |
4. SGI = Sales Growth Index
Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.
Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.
| SGI | = | Sales_t | / | Sales_t-1 |
| = | Revenue_t | / | Revenue_t-1 |
| = | 2331.3 | / | 2551.8 |
| | = | 0.9136 |
5. DEPI = Depreciation Index
Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.
DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.
| DEPI | = | (Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) | / | (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t)) |
| = | (250.9 / (250.9 + 6797.9)) | / | (256.8 / (256.8 + 7119.3)) |
| = | 0.035595 | / | 0.034815 |
| | = | 1.0224 |
Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.
6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index
The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.
SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.
| SGAI | = | (SGA_t / Sales_t) | / | (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1) |
| = | (0 / 2331.3) | / | (0 / 2551.8) |
| = | 0 | / | 0 |
| | = | 1 |
7. LVGI = Leverage Index
The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.
An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage
| LVGI | = | ((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) | / | ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1) |
| = | ((3801.2 + 1185.1) / 9620.4) | / | ((3607.3 + 1666.7) / 9618.2) |
| = | 0.518305 | / | 0.548335 |
| | = | 0.9452 |
8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets
Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.
| TATA | = | (IncomefromContinuingOperations_t | - | CashFlowsfromOperations_t) | / | TotalAssets_t |
| = | (NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t | - | CashFlowsfromOperations_t) | / | TotalAssets_t |
| = | (262.2 - -3.2 | - | 944.4) | / | 9620.4 |
| | = | -0.070579 |
An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.
Black Hills has a M-score of -3.16 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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